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National Association of Drug Court Professionals
Robert L. DuPont, M.D., President
Institute for Behavior and Health, Inc.
www.ibhinc.org
www.StopDruggedDriving.org
Qualifications and Disclosures
1968: Started career in District of Columbia Department of
Corrections
1970: Founded Narcotics Treatment Administration
1973 to 1977: Second White House Drug Chief
1973 to 1978: Founding Director, National Institute on Drug
Abuse
1978 to Present: President, Institute for Behavior and
Health, Inc.
1980 to Present: Clinical Professor of Psychiatry,
Georgetown Medical School
1982 to Present: Co-founder and Executive Vice President,
Bensinger, DuPont & Associates; Chairman, Prescription
Drug Research Center (subsidiary of BDA)
Presentation Today
Introduction to drugged driving
Prevalence of the drugged driving problem
National policy efforts to reduce drugged driving
Defining a drugged driving violation
Drug testing needs
Linking drugged drivers to treatment
Next steps for drugged driving
The Problem
Drugged Driving refers to operating a vehicle after
the use of impairing substances which may include:
Illegal drugs
Misused prescription drugs (with and without
prescriptions)
Over-the-counter medications
Other chemicals (e.g. inhaling aerosol spray)
Drug Court participants, as well as returning veterans,
many of whom face co-occurring diagnoses and addiction
issues, are prime candidates for arrests for drugged driving
A Growing National Focus
Drugged driving is an under-recognized highway
safety problem, particularly among the public
Dedicated leadership has elevated drugged driving to
the national stage in the United States, including the
Office of National Drug Control Policy and National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Turning Points
December 2009 release of data from the 2007 National
Roadside Survey
2010 National Drug Control Strategy identified reducing
drugged driving by 10% by 2015 as a national priority;
reaffirmed in 2011 and 2012 in the National Strategy
The National Institute on Drug Abuse has led by
promoting a new generation of policy-relevant drugged
driving research
NIDA’s 2011 Drugged Driving Research: A White Paper
Leadership from National Association of Drug Court
Professionals (NADCP), National Transportation Safety
Board (NTSB), and Mothers Against Drunk Driving
(MADD)
(ONDCP 2010; 2011a; 2011b; 2012)
Drugs Impair Driving
Examples of the dangerous effects of drugs on driving
include:
Disorientation, poor judgment/decision-making,
changes in reaction time, distance estimation,
concentration, impulse control
Many factors influence the effects of a drug on a driver
and can be enhanced by drug-drug interactions,
including alcohol
Drug use triples the risk of fatal crash; a combination
of drugs and alcohol produces 23 times the risk of fatal
crash
(Couper & Logan, 2004; Li, Brady & Chen, 2013)
Drugged Driving Research
Decades of research on alcohol and driving, now with
other drugs
Significant prevalence of drugs among driver
populations:
National surveys (self-report and random stops)
Impaired driving (DUI) suspects
Seriously injured drivers
Fatally injured drivers
There is much more research than the studies
reviewed in this presentation
(DuPont, et al., 2011)
Driving Under the Influence
29.1 million (11.2%) drivers aged 12 and older report
that they drove under the influence of alcohol in the
previous year
10.3 million (3.9%) report driving under the influence
of illicit drugs
But among randomly stopped drivers, impaired
driving suspects, and seriously and fatally injured
drivers, we see that drugged driving is roughly equal
to the problem of drunk driving
(SAMHSA, 2013)
National Roadside Survey: Drug Use
Among Weekend Nighttime Drivers
16.3% of drivers were
positive for potentially
impairing drugs
Most common illegal drugs:
Cannabis, 8.6%
Cocaine, 3.9%
Methamphetamine, 1.3%
(Lacey, et al., 2009)
NRS: Alcohol Use Among Weekend
Nighttime Drivers
12.4% of drivers
were alcoholpositive
Illegal Blood
Alcohol
Concentrations
(BAC) of 0.08 g/dL
or higher steadily
decreased during
this time
(Compton & Berning, 2009)
Crash-Involved Drivers Taken to
Shock-Trauma
Half were positive for
illegal drugs
One third positive for
alcohol
One quarter positive for
both illegal drug(s) and
alcohol
One quarter positive for
marijuana; 39% of
marijuana-positive drivers
were also positive for
another drug
(Walsh, et al., 2005)
Impaired Driving Suspects
A US study of impaired driving suspects showed that
31% positive for drugs
86% positive for alcohol
25% positive for both
51% of drivers with BACs below 0.08 were drug-
positive
22% of drivers with illegal BACs were drug-positive
(Buchan, et al., 1998; Fix, et al., 1997)
Fatally Injured Drivers
Research shows that the while the prevalence of
alcohol among fatally injured drivers decreased from
2005 to 2009, the prevalence of drugs among dead
drivers increased 18%
In 2009, one third (33%) of all fatally injured drivers in
the U.S. who had confirmed drug test results
(n=12,055) were drug-positive
28% of drug-positive drivers tested positive for
marijuana
(NHTSA, 2010)
Drug Prevalence Among Fatally Injured
Drivers Has Increased, 2005-2009
34%
33%
33%
32%
31%
30%
30%
29%
28%
28%
28%
2005 (n=12,324)
2006 (n=14,325)
2007 (n=14,893)
28%
27%
26%
25%
2008 (n=14,381)
2009 (n=12,055)
(Center for Substance Abuse Research, 2010)
Fatally Injured Drivers
With national fatally injured driver data we are only
seeing a part of the picture
Only 20 states test at least 80% of fatally injured
drivers for drugs
Testing procedures and panels are not standardized
Some states do not test for marijuana
Research has shown that drug-involved crashes occur
throughout the day while alcohol crashes are more
common at night
(Romano & Pollini, 2013)
Fatally Injured Drivers
In a study of fatally injured drivers in Washington
State (n=370), 39% were positive for drugs
12.7% were positive for marijuana
41% of all drivers were positive for alcohol
Of all alcohol-positive cases, 42% were also
positive for one or more drug showing the overlap
in drug and alcohol use among drivers
(Schwilke, Sampaio dos Santos, & Logan, 2006)
Drugged Driving Policy and
Demand Reduction
Strong, effective drugged driving laws and
comprehensive enforcement are crucial elements of
improved demand reduction
Reducing drugged driving is part of the solution to:
1) Prevent illegal drug use
2) Promote highway safety
3) Deliver substance abusers to treatment with the
leverage to help them become and stay drug-free
Drugged Driving Laws
Per se drug laws
2) Impairment laws
3) Administrative license revocation (ALR)
1)
Drugged driving laws cannot follow same path as
alcohol-impaired driving laws
Alcohol Impairment Standard
Reducing drugged driving is wrongly based on the
model of 0.08 g/dL BAC
Obscures the fact that many drivers are significantly impaired
at levels well below 0.08 BAC
Tolerance and consumption effects vary among alcohol users
displaying widely varying degrees of impairment at 0.08 BAC
or higher
Though cases are much more difficult to try, impaired drivers
under 0.08 BAC can be prosecuted
Most Western European countries use 0.05 g/dL limit;
Sweden and Norway use 0.02 g/dL limit
(DuPont, et al., 2013)
Mirage of BAC Equivalent for Drugs
Alcohol is a poor model for studying impairing effects
of drugs; metabolized in simpler ways than drugs
No close link between blood or other levels of a drug
(or drug metabolites) and measured impairments
Vast number of potentially impairing drugs
Drug-drug, drug-alcohol combinations
Emergence of synthetic “designer” drugs
(Reisfield, et al., 2012; DuPont, et al., 2013)
Mirage of BAC Equivalent for Drugs
Role of tolerance in impairment: e.g. methadone
Consumption of 50 mg of methadone can be lethal to
person who has not used opioids in prior few weeks or
months
Chronic administration of methadone at stable doses
typically produces no measurable impairment at higher
doses
Others factors on impairment include time of day,
driver age and driver experience
(Reisfield, et al., 2012; DuPont, et al., 2013)
The Bottom Line
Setting impairment thresholds based on tissue levels
of drugs or metabolites for illegal drugs is not a viable
enforcement option
0.08 BAC equivalent is not needed
We have abundant successful precedents for using the
per se standard for drugs of abuse
(Reisfield, et al., 2012; DuPont, et al., 2013)
Per Se Drug Laws
Under a per se drug law, any identified illegal drug level
found in a driver is defined as a drugged driving violation
Modeled on the successful per se drug program used for
the 10 million American commercial drivers and others
in safety-sensitive positions
In the United States, drivers under age 21 are held to a
zero tolerance per se standard for alcohol
(Walsh, 2009; DuPont, et al., 2012)
The Bright Line of Illegality
For drivers arrested for impaired driving:
When the drug use is illegal, the zero tolerance per se
standard is used
When the drug use is legal (e.g. prescription drug for
which the driver has a valid prescription), the
“impairment” standard is used
(Voas, et al., 2013; DuPont, et al., 2012)
Impairment Laws
Impairment is a hard case to make without per se
law but it can be done
Drivers can be prosecuted for impaired driving when
they are under 0.08 BAC alcohol
Remember that it is illegal to drive impaired with no
alcohol and no drugs
(DuPont, et al., 2012)
Complexity of Marijuana
This is a political complexity; not a scientific complexity
A solution:
When marijuana use is “legal”, use the impairment standard
When marijuana use is illegal, use the zero tolerance per se
standard
Caveat: Marijuana is illegal throughout the U.S. under
federal law
The two wild cards are state-based “medical marijuana”
and legal marijuana in Colorado and Washington which
will have to be settled by the U.S. Supreme Court
Policy Focus on Marijuana
State-based marijuana policy changes have ignited a
renewed focus on finding a BAC equivalent for marijuana
with recommendations between 2 ng/mL and 10 ng/mL
THC in whole blood
Large study of drivers arrested for impairment in Sweden
over 10 years tested between 30-90 minutes after arrest:
90% had THC concentrations below 5 ng/mL in blood
61% had THC concentrations below 2 ng/mL in blood
43% had THC concentrations below 1 ng/mL in blood
(Jones, Holmgren, & Kugelberg, 2008)
Frequency Distribution of Blood THC
Concentrations Among DUI Suspects
Under a 5 ng/mL THC
limit for blood, only 10%
of drivers in this study
would have been
prosecuted
(Jones, Holmgren, & Kugelberg, 2008)
Washington and Colorado
Washington has a 5 ng/ml THC per se limit for blood
Any driver at or over 5 ng/ml is in violation
Colorado has a 5 ng/ml permissible inference limit for
blood – weakest drugged driving law for marijuana
Inference that any driver at or over 5 ng/ml was under the
influence at time of arrest but impairment must be proved
70% of Colorado drivers arrested for suspicion of driving
under the influence who test positive for active THC test at
less than 5 ng/ml
Both 5 ng/ml limits – per se and permissible inference
– give free passes for most stoned drivers
(Wood, 2013)
Latest Marijuana Research
Recent smoking and/or blood THC concentrations of
2-5 ng/mL are associated with substantial driving
impairment
Epidemiological research suggests that marijuana use
doubles risk of motor vehicle crash
Whole blood THC concentrations persist multiple
days after drug discontinuation in heavy chronic
marijuana users
After 3 weeks of abstinence, chronic daily marijuana
users showed observable impairment compared to
occasional marijuana users
(Li, et al 2012; Asbridge, et al. 2012; Hartman & Huestis 2013; Karschner et al. 2009; Bosker et al. 2013)
Role of the Pro-Drug Lobby
Advocates for permissive drug policies aim to legalize
the use, production and sale of drugs, beginning with
marijuana
“Medical marijuana” movement has been successful in
shifting the lobby’s goal to full marijuana legalization
“Psychedelic medicine” is the next candidate for drug
legalization
Pro-drug lobby opposes driving restrictions on drug
users – particularly against laws related to marijuana
Administrative License Revocation
Non-criminal penalty system used today to get drunk
drivers off the road quickly
ALR process begins after arrest for impairment is made
Loss of license for drivers who test at or above 0.08 BAC
alcohol
ALR for drugs is the next step in drugged driving
enforcement
Presumption of innocence is preserved for later
adjudication of criminal charge of DUI or DUID by a
judge
(National Transportation Board, 2013)
Importance of ALR
ALR is a potential game-changer because it would
bring drug testing to the police station in a way
parallel to alcohol testing
Use of on-site oral fluid or urine testing
Loss of license for positive screening drug test results
Laboratory confirmation of positive tests prior to
adjudication
Typical Testing Procedures
In the U.S. impairment is determined prior to arrest
Use of Standardized Field Sobriety Tests (SFSTs)
Some states use Drug Recognition Experts (DREs)
Specimen testing typically occurs after arrest
When illegal BAC is found, testing usually ends and
driver is charged with drunk driving
If an impaired driver has a low BAC then drug testing
should but does not always occur
Improve Drug Testing Procedures
Use on-site screening tests for ALL impaired driving
suspects, including those who have illegal BACs
Testing technology has improved; oral fluid testing
permits easy specimen collection and initial screening
results but today few states permit its use
Laboratory confirmation
Address laboratory staff/funding issues
Drivers who have illegal BACs and test positive for
drugs should be charged with an aggravated offense,
like drivers with high BACs (≥ 0.15 g/dL)
Other Drug Testing Opportunities
Drivers in crashes causing serious injuries or death,
either at the scene or at the hospital/trauma center
When drugs have been found in vehicles or on
drivers
When drivers admit to recent drug use
Highway security checkpoints
Education, Training & Treatment
Incorporate drugged driving into drivers’ education and
substance abuse prevention programs
Educate groups at higher risk about drugged driving, e.g.
Drug Court participants
Increased training to law enforcement on identifying
drugged drivers
Screen and refer drugged drivers to treatment and
appropriate monitoring programs to reduce recidivism
DUI Offender Management
Assess DUI offenders for both alcohol and drug use
problems and other disorders
Ensure all DUI offenders are tested for alcohol and
drugs
Close monitoring after conviction using model
programs that stop alcohol and drug use rather than
focusing exclusively on driving behaviors
DWI/Drug Courts
Manage hardcore repeat impaired driving
offenders
Leverage criminal justice system to improve longterm outcomes including reduced recidivism
Focus on accountability and long-term treatment
Address other issues including mental health
problems
(Fell, et al., 2011; Hiller, et al, 2009; Michigan SCAO, 2008)
DWI/Drug Courts
Frequent random drug and alcohol testing with
immediate consequences
Great potential resource to address drugged
drivers
Consider prominent overlap of drug problems
among alcohol-impaired drivers
(Fell, et al., 2011; Hiller, et al, 2009; Michigan SCAO, 2008)
Education Within DWI/Drug Courts
Participants in both DWI Courts and Drug Courts
need to be educated about the risks of drugged driving
Remind them that it is unsafe – and illegal – to drive
under the influence of alcohol and after using drugs
Place special emphasis on marijuana which many
people do not recognize as a highway safety threat
24/7 Sobriety Program
• Focuses on keeping DUI offenders abstinent from
alcohol and drugs
• Treatment and 12-Step involvement is optional
• Frequent alcohol and drug testing:
• Twice daily alcohol breath tests (7 AM & 7 PM) or
• SCRAM alcohol monitoring ankle bracelets; and
• Random drug urinalysis or
• Drug patch
• Any positive test results in an immediate short-term
stay in jail
(South Dakota Office of the Attorney General, 2013)
24/7 Sobriety Results
55% never fail a test
16.7% fail only one test
12.5% fail only twice
16.9% fail three or more times
DUI recidivism substantially lower among 24/7
participants at 1, 2, and 3 years from program
completion
(South Dakota Office of the Attorney General, 2012)
Community Impact
24/7 Sobriety has helped reduce:
Repeat drunk driving offenses by 12% at the county level
Domestic violence by 9%
Traffic crashes for males between ages 18-40 by 4%
Frequent random monitoring linked to swift, certain
and meaningful consequences – mostly brief
incarceration – produces fewer failures
(Kilmer, et al., 2013; DuPont, et al., 2010 )
Next Steps for Drugged Driving
Use of administrative license revocation to get drugged
drivers immediately off the roads and to increase drug
testing of DUI suspects
Use of the per se standard to effectively identify and
prosecute drugged drivers
Ongoing research and evaluation of drugged driving
laws and enforcement strategies
Focus on the management of the 1.2 million people
arrested for DUI each year
Conclusions
Focusing on drugged driving builds upon and
enhances efforts to reduce drunk driving; they are
synergetic – NOT COMPETITIVE
The never-ending search for impairment thresholds
derails actions to prevent drugged driving and
enforce laws
Conclusions
Effective action on drugged driving will achieve 3
important goals:
Reduce illegal drug use and reinforce prevention
2) Improve highway safety
3) Provide an important new pathway to treatment
and recovery for drug users as drunk driving
enforcement now does for individuals with alcohol
use problems
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